Jetstar Titans duo Mark Minichiello (NSW) and Ashley Harrison (QLD) have both experienced first hand the impact of donating blood in different ways and are urging both Queenslanders and New South Welshmen to get behind the cause.

Statistics from the Red Cross Blood Service show that one in three Australians will require blood in their lifetime but only one in 30 currently donate blood.

Minichiello knows first hand the importance of donating blood after his wife Milena had to have a blood transfusion after giving birth to the couple